GX CS4 I - New compresor from Alibaba with INTERNAL POWER SUPPLY - DASH I
- Thread starter Airgun Al
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Here's your answer, @Bosshoss:
PS alone - .17A/10.4W
Pump & Fan - .65A/47.8W
Pumping @ start - 3.68A/297.6W
Pumping @ 200 bar - 5.98A/450W
So in short, no, your SUV inverter cannot handle the load. You'd need at LEAST a 1000W inverter to make it work, and I'd recommend at LEAST 1200-2000W.
And even at that, you'd still have to run the vehicle to support those loads.
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The numbers you have @ 200 bar seems really high. Did you take measurements on the primary with a clamp meter and line spliter?
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No, I was measuring AC amps using a power meter plug-in.
Tried measuring DC amps via splitting the line (without the PS), but as soon as I turned the compressor on (zero PSI), it hit 15A, and my meter is only rated for 10A, so I killed it.
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Yeah, most digital multi meters top out @ 10A. The fuse will blow. Either that meter your using is way off, or your compressor is working harder then it should. I got a maximum of 3.5A on the primary using a Fluke 337 and line spliter. This was @ 300 ish bar. Of course this is at the top of the compression stoke. It will very though depending of the health of the pump.
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I doubt others will have this but I have a couple Milwaukee 120V battery packs. They weigh about 50 lbs. They will supply 1500W. I have started and run my Yong Heng with one of them - just to see if I could. The Yong Heng pulls more than 1500W at startup, I believe, but it worked. I keep one of my battery packs plugged into a one circuit transfer switch to power my refrigerator and a few other important loads when I loose power. It will run things for a few hours.
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Won't some of the load go thru the neutral line, even with a splitter? (Never used one, so not familiar with how well they work at isolating current). Pretty sure the plug-in gizmo is pretty accurate. And it, too is relatively new.
My CS4 is brand new (4.2 hours, to be exact).
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I just order a CS4-I.
Have any one try to top of a 6.8L tank?
The idea is to top of from 250-ish to 310 bar
Have any one try to top of a 6.8L tank?
The idea is to top of from 250-ish to 310 bar
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MANY here have topped off big tanks (6 & 9L) with a CS4. Takes about an hour from 240-310 bar for my 9L. Your time should be shorter for a 6L.
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For 120V, the same amount of current goes through the neutral as the hot conductor. I trust my equipment and use it daily. Can't trust those cheap gadgets on Amazon.
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Oh heck yeah, I'd trust a Fluke over that little gizmo any day. Too bad you're so far away. Would love to have you test mine out. But not willing to part with another $3-500 just for a meter I'd only need once.
How does the splitter work? You just plug it in, turn on the device, then measure the current in the loops with the current clamp?
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Very accurate, plug the splitter into the receptacle and then plug the equipment into that. Has provisions for a clamp meter.
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It's used for equipment that has your standard cord and plug. That way you don't have to open up the equipment etc. Very handy.
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Using a clamp meter, you can't just clamp around the whole cord, only either the hot or neutral at a time.
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Sorry that was so painful for me to answer your question, I had 2 people talking to me at the same time. I wasn't really interested in what they were saying anyway 
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No worries buddy. I thought that was the case, appreciate you confirming it.
What happens if you clamp both legs at once? Zeroes out the amperage?
What happens if you clamp both legs at once? Zeroes out the amperage?
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